Records indicate that Johnnie was born February 16, 1949 and he passed January 9, 2008 in Pulaski County Arkansas. Johnnie was a Vietnam Veteran from the US Marine Corps and is buried in the Arkansas Veterans Cemetery in No Little Rock. Father, Lee Jackson Palmer; mother, Ruth Hollister Palmer; brothers, Lee Jackson Palmer, Jr., James M. Palmer, Roy Chester Laymon Palmer, Carl R. Palmer, Anthony E. Palmer, James T. Palmer; sister Bobbie Palmer all preceded him in death.

He leaves to cherish his memories: children, Shierra Palmer Smith, Lamont Palmer; brother Ervin L. Baity; sisters Bettye M. Williams, Carolyn P. Palmer, Vickie M. Beal; grandchildren, Nathaniel Palmer, Christian Palmer. Visitation Sunday December 13, 2-4 p.m., with funeral beginning at 4 p.m. at Robinson Mortuary Chapel, 1201 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Dr. Marvell Williams officiating. Services entrusted to Robinson Mortuary, 1201 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Little Rock